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Wild Bells to the Wild Sky
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Lily Christian was just an enchantingly innocent child of paradise when she fell in love with the sun-bronzed captain who came to take her home to England. But shamed by the resplendent ladies of the court, she bitterly despaired of ever being loved in return.
As the years passed, and fortune's cruelty forced her into a life of adventure, the girl once forg...more
Lily Christian was just an enchantingly innocent child of paradise when she fell in love with the sun-bronzed captain who came to take her home to England. But shamed by the resplendent ladies of the court, she bitterly despaired of ever being loved in return.
As the years passed, and fortune's cruelty forced her into a life of adventure, the girl once forg...more
Mass Market Paperback, 592 pages
Published
February 28th 1989
by Avon Books
(first published January 1983)
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A glorious romp through England and the Caribbean. This is an all inclusive novel with pirates, royal, adventure, romance, treason, and damsel in distress elements. I stumbled across this book because of the cheesy cover of a woman embracing a man with a panther lurking in the bushes.
There is a lot of detail, but overall, this is one of the best romance escape novels that I have ever read. It is only mildly trashy. Very solidly described scenes with beautiful, well-written chapters. Also, the p...more
There is a lot of detail, but overall, this is one of the best romance escape novels that I have ever read. It is only mildly trashy. Very solidly described scenes with beautiful, well-written chapters. Also, the p...more
Re-read this one last year and I'm happy to find that it held up. Alas, so many of my romance favorites from the 70' and 80's have NOT stood the test of time.
Warning to all--sometimes it is better to remember fondly a book than to re-read and destroy that memory.
Warning to all--sometimes it is better to remember fondly a book than to re-read and destroy that memory.
3.5 stars
This is one of those books that is too hard to recap the plot without giving it all away, but I will try to do my best...
Lily is the daughter of English privateer Geoffrey Christian and Spanish noblewoman Magdalena Montevares (he'd taken one look, fell in love and snatched her whilst raiding her father's ship). Years later, Magdalena returns to the West Indies with her husband and seven-year old daughter to see her mother before she dies. Also on board ship is Sir Basil, who is a spy of...more
This is one of those books that is too hard to recap the plot without giving it all away, but I will try to do my best...
Lily is the daughter of English privateer Geoffrey Christian and Spanish noblewoman Magdalena Montevares (he'd taken one look, fell in love and snatched her whilst raiding her father's ship). Years later, Magdalena returns to the West Indies with her husband and seven-year old daughter to see her mother before she dies. Also on board ship is Sir Basil, who is a spy of...more
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Enthralling Tale of Queen Elizabeth’s Sea Dogs–a Great Love Story--a Keeper!
Few authors can come close to the masterful storytelling of Laurie McBain which is why I am one of her fans. With an amazingly complex plot, this one features prejudice, treachery, threats to the queen, spies, gypsies and high seas adventure making it one of her best. I highly recommend it.
Lily Christian was the product of a marriage between her English father, a privateer for Queen Elizabeth I, and her aristocratic Span...more
Few authors can come close to the masterful storytelling of Laurie McBain which is why I am one of her fans. With an amazingly complex plot, this one features prejudice, treachery, threats to the queen, spies, gypsies and high seas adventure making it one of her best. I highly recommend it.
Lily Christian was the product of a marriage between her English father, a privateer for Queen Elizabeth I, and her aristocratic Span...more
i love this book i can read it over and over
I really couldn't put this book down, it was great!! Not quite a typical trashy "romance novel" that I was expecting.... leans much more to historical fiction with a little bit of romance thrown in, but SUCH a good book.
From England to the Caribbean, set in the times of Elizabeth I. I read this way back in the early 90s and I remember really liking it a lot. Not sure how it would stand today. Maybe I'll see about rereading it sometime.
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Laurie McBain was born on October 15, 1949. She was always passionate about art and history, and her father encouraged her and helped her write her first historical romance. At twenty-six, Laurie became a publishing phenomenon with her first historical romance. Her first novels "Devil's Desire" and "Moonstruck Madness" each sold over a million copies. She was one of the pioners of the new romance...more
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